Of all the reasons that people have been fired for, you wouldn’t think an emoji could be one.
A Chinese employee was reportedly fired for replying with an ‘ok’ emoji to her boss on a messaging app.
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The manager of the bar in Changsha asked the employee to send some meeting documents, to which the employee sent an emoji.
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He said–
You should use text to reply to the message if you have received it. Don’t you know the rules? Is this your acknowledgement?
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And then things escalated pretty quickly and absurdly as he asked the employee to contact the human resources department and sort out her resignation.
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The employee said,
The resignation is still being processed. I have worked for many years and this is my first encounter with this kind of stupid situation. I am good-tempered therefore I didn’t retaliate.
Not just this, as of now the bar requires all its members to respond with ‘Roger’ when they receive instructions.
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And here you thought your boss was an a**hole.
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